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Almeida (21-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) had to battle hard against his unheralded opponent early because Morales (6-1-1 MMA, 0-1-1 UFC) was perfectly willing to try to bang it out on the feet. He landed plenty of solid shots of his own, but Almeida’s power proved too much in the second round when he flurried hard and finished a badly hurt Morales against the cage. After a brutal body shot dropped Morales to the canvas, the referee called off the bout at the 1:37 mark of Round 2.

On March 19, 2011, 23-year-old Jon Jones brutalized UFC light heavyweight champion “Shogun” Rua to become the youngest titleholder in UFC history. But for Jones, it was only the start of a wild ride that at times spun out of control.